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FOLDING BED.

APPLIGATION FILED NOV. 15, 1909.

Patented Nov. 1, 1910.

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HERBERT H. CARE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

FOLDING BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1, 1910.

Application filed. November 15, 1909. Serial No. 528,240.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT H. citizen of the United States, a resident of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Folding Beds, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a' specification.

My invention relates to that class of beds that are intended to be folded up when not in use, so that they may not take up any more floor space than is absolutely necessary, and consists in a construction that will cause the base support to be drawn in when the body of the bed is folded and its center of gravity is near the wall, but when the body of the bed is being turned down and the center of gravity passes outward from the wall the base support will be extended outward from the wall and thus resist any tendency of the body of the bed from suddenly pitching forward and falling abruptly. to the floor.

There are also minor elements that may be best understood by reference to the specifications. These objects I attain by the mechanism shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows the bed in side elevation,

resting upon the floor and in the position the parts occupy when the bed is in use. F i 2 shows the bed in side elevation when fol ed up. Fig. 3 shows the bed in end elevation as it appears when folded up, the body part not being fully shown, the middle part being represented as cut out so as to save space in the drawing. Fig. 4 shows in sectional elevation parts of the base support.

In the drawings the" framework of the bed in indicated by A, A A A A. and is constructed substantially as shown in the several-drawings. The foot of the bed is supported on the legs L, and the head by the cross rod, D; this cross rod D is rigidly attached to the frame of the bed, its ends acting as bearings and resting in the forked upper ends of the standard B in which they freely turn. Segment gears E are attached to theends of the rod, D, and turn with the bed; these segment gears, E, engage with small gears, F, mounted upon the base-bars, B. The gears, F, engage with racks, F see Fig. 4, which slide in ways attached to the base-bars, B, and are connected to the extension bars B by rods F attached to the CARR, a

see Fig. 1.

end cross bar, B by this construction it is evident that when the body frame of the bed is raised up the action of the segment gears and connections will cause the base extension, B B to be drawn inwardly in the direction of the arrow, Figs. 1 and 4, so that the supporting base will be contracted as shown in Fig. 2. When the bed is being lowered the gears work to throw the extension base outward, that is, in a direction opposed to the arrow, thus preventing the bed from being pulled over in the act of lowering it. Casters C, C C are attached to the base and serve to admit of easy movement of the bed.

The head board is indicated by H and is constructed in the usual manner, but is supported by standards H which are made hollow; their lower ends sli over the uprights B in the base, see ig. 4, and are held thereto by the set screws H Figs. 1 and 2; at the upper ends of their standard are clamping pieces H H which securely hold the head board in place. The lower ends of the head board parts H have inverted U shaped sockets as shown so as to fit the upper part of A of the body frame, A cross rail H connects the parts I-I H the section of the rail H is in the formof an inverted U to correspond .with the lower ends of the posts H H The upper ends of the part A are united by a rod A which engages when the bed is turned down with the U shaped cross rail H H H represents a frame work which supports curtains for inclosing the bed when it is turned up. The set screws H hold the said frame in place.

To take the bed frame apart all that is needed to do is to loosen the set screws H and H and the headboard may be removed and taken apart. The body frame of the bed may be lifted from the standard B and the whole may be packed together for transportation.

To assist in'preventing the abrupt move ment of the body of the bed in theact of lowering, springs, S, are connectedto the bar I), one end being held to the upright B and the other end arranged to arrest the downward movement of the bed and yieldingly allow it to go to the floor.

For holding the bedding to the body of the frame when the bed is turned up, I have a tape, T, which is attached to a self rewinding drum T at one end as shown in F ig. 2'; the other end, after it has been drawn over the bedding is attached to a hook at T Claims:

1.. A folding bed comprising a body-parthaving a foot board and foot legs attached; a cross rod attached to the head end of the bed and having end bearings upon which the bed swings as it turned up; ards in the upper end of which the end bearings of the said cross rod swing; a base support having an extension piece, a ratchet device by which the said extension may be operated, segment gears attached to and operated by the said cross bar, spur gear wheels engaging with the said segment gear and the said ratchet device whereby the movement of the bed. in turning up, auses the said base extension to be operated, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A folding bed comprising a body frame; standards in the upper end of which the body frame is journaled to swing; a base support having a movable extension member; and means operativcly connecting said frame and member whereby the movement of said frame in lowering or raising forked standthe bed operates said base extension mem ber, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a folding bed, a pivoted body part having at its head end parts (A A and a uniting cross bar A a head board having parts (H H and a uniting U shaped cross bar H constructed to engage with the said uniting cross bar A substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4:. A folding bed comprising a body frame having a foot board and foot legs attached;

a base support having standards in which said body frame is journaled to swing; a movable extensioninember on said base support; and gearing connecting said body frame and extension member, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this sixth day of November A. D. 1909.

HERBERT H. GARE.

itnesses FRANK G. PARKER, HARRY C. LUOE. 

